Community norms of alcohol usage and blood pressure: Tecumseh, Michigan

E. Harburg, F. Ozgoren, V.M. Hawthorne and M.A. Schork

American Journal of Public Health, 1980, vol. 70, issue 8, 813-820

Abstract: This research examines the relationship between alcohol usage and blood pressure in the adult population of a small community in Michigan. Findings suggest that blood pressure varies with alcohol useage linearly for men with a slight dip at 1-2 drinks per week, and curvilinearly for women with a low point at about 4 drinks per week. A method to measure public norms of alcohol intake and categories of drinking habits is presented. This technique may be useful in constructing drinking categories applicable in a community for both education and therapy.

Date: 1980
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